Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jay Inslee is fully embracing the expansion of Medicaid health coverage, saying Thursday he believes it is one of the transformational parts of President Barack Obama's health care law.

The group seeking to overturn Washington state's gay marriage law has changed its website instructions to churches that want to raise money for the effort, but state campaign finance officials said Tuesday that the language is still not in compliance with state law.

Two former members of the state Legislature said Tuesday it is time for lawmakers to eliminate campaign surplus accounts, which some politicians have tapped for iPads, clothing, car repairs, tuition and alcohol.

It's been dubbed as one of the most competitive gubernatorial races in the country and tonight the two men vying to replace Washington's Gov. Chris Gregoire will debate for an hour on KATU or on KATU.com.

Zach Silk, a spokesman for Washington United for Marriage, said Monday that the group has reserved TV time "sometime after Labor Day," though he wouldn't specify an exact start date or how long the ad buy was for.

Republican Dean Kinzer said that the commissioners' decision to increase funding for the development from $9 to $15 million is one of the main reasons why he is running to take over the Whitman County Commissioner District 2 position.